New York, NY (Top40 Charts) "From the first minute, I was hooked. Ridiculously powerful movie!" - Recovery Today
Better Noise Films has released the first trailer to Bridget Smith's feature film SNO BABIES. The film, produced by Allen Kovac, Mike Walsh and Michael Lombardi, stars Katie
Kelly (Game of Silence),
Paola Andino (Queen of the South), Michael Lombardi (Rescue Me), Evangeline Young (The Good Wife) and
Joanne Baron (This Is Us). SNO BABIES will be available on On-Demand &
Digital platforms on Tuesday,
September 29.
A gripping and emotive tale, SNO BABIES depicts the grim realities of addiction and its effects on a middle-class suburban town. Kristen and
Hannah are best friends-smart, likable and college-bound- and also addicted to heroin. The pair of seemingly unlikely addicts spiral down a path of destruction, hiding their secret from well-meaning but busy parents behind pink bedrooms and school uniforms SNO BABIES shows how easy it can be to both miss and hide the signs of addiction behind the façade of "good" neighborhoods and pleasantly busy communities.
SNO BABIES is the first feature from Better Noise Films, a new venture from entertainment mogul Allen Kovac. As manager of artists such as Bee Gee's, Luther Vandross, Blondie, Meatloaf,
Motley Crue and The Cranberries, Kovac has put together many TV Documentaries for his artists such as HBO special 'The Bee Gee's One Night Only', MTV VH1 special 'Mötley Crüe's Resurrection of Mötley Crüe', Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise. Most recently Kovac co-produced Netflix 2018 sensation 'The Dirt' based on the life of Mötley Crüe, with 95% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and SNO BABIES is the first of two 2020 releases for Kovac's Better Noise Films.
Kovac said, "Studio heads, agents and managers know there is nothing sadder than when an artist or actor you've worked with passes away through misadventure. This movie is a wakeup call to the entertainment industry that we can't lose more Academy Award winners like Prince, Philip Seymour Hoffman, or River Phoenix." He continued "With over 70,000 people dying of drug overdoses in 2019 in the USA, this film is a way parents can open up the conversation of drugs with their kids before they go to college, an older brother can share a link to SNO BABIES to his younger brother to watch and say that he's there to answer any questions afterwards, or for a rehab group to watch together. This is a conversation we need to have in the USA to destigmatize addiction. I have worked with
Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe and SIXX:AM for 13 years to make this a global conversation to save lives, please join us!"
With the country's opioid epidemic spiking from COVID factors, and the entertainment industry continuing to lose its people to substance use disorders, Better Noise Entertainment has committed to fighting this problem by collaborating with the Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation (GRI) to raise funds that will strengthen the field of recovery and directly benefit struggling communities. Better Noise Entertainment will use their expertise in content creation, audience connection and creative storytelling to develop and amplify messaging to a wide pop-culture audience. Better Noise Films' share of profits is being donated to GRI. In addition, all artist royalties from the soundtrack are being donated to GRI with matching contribution by Better Noise Music. The donation will be used to deploy 1,000 Recovery Corps workers into communities to provide peer support and access to services for those in early recovery.
Other entertainment industry companies collaborating on this project to save lives include Live Nation, Ticketmaster, iHeart, Pandora,
Sirius among others.
"Pop culture is a key vehicle to breaking stigma and educating the public about both danger and hope," said Catherine Hartnett, Executive
Director of the Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation (GRI). "Young people, especially, resonate with messaging that is cultural and reflects emotional and personal experience. This movie and its soundtrack convey a message of hope coming from despair and can give a young person who is struggling a sense of hope that they too can get well and thrive."
"It's incredibly important to shine a light and lend a helping hand to people that are struggling with substance abuse, especially during these trying times," said Rick Franks, President of Live Nation North American Touring. "Live Nation is proud to support Better Noise in their commitment to save lives and raise awareness for such an important cause."
The official SNO BABIES soundtrack features some of the biggest names in rock music today. The soundtrack will include two tracks from SIXX:A.M. and will include the Top 10 hits from Country/Rock star Cory Marks ("Outlaws & Outsiders") and from chart toppers
Bad Wolves ("
Sober" - the #1 hit) as well as new music from Eva Under Fire, From Ashes to New and Escape The Fate.
For additional information on the film, please visit https://snobabiesmovie.com/
Assets can be found at https://bit.ly/SnoBabiesAssets
ABOUT BETTER NOISE FILMS
Better Noise Films (BNF), a Better Noise Entertainment company (BNE), is led by entertainment industry pioneer, Allen Kovac (CEO) and COO Dan Lieblein (Cinecom, October Films, and USA Films). BNF develops feature films, unique programming and other original content. Along with Better Noise Music, a leading global independent record label, Better Noise Films serves as an emerging platform for delivering top quality content that engages audiences, develops artists and builds the BNE brand. The company's first 2 releases, SNO BABIES and THE RETALIATORS are due out Fall 2020.
